Vinayagapuram, Sri Lanka Explained

Vinayagapuram
Native Name:விநாயகபுரம்
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Sri Lanka
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sri Lanka
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Eastern
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Type4:DS Division
Subdivision Name4:Thirukkovil
Pushpin Label Position:top
Coordinates:7.1333°N 81.85°W

Vinayagapuram (Tamil: விநாயகபுரம்) is a Tamil village in the Thirukkovil Divisional Secretariat Division of the Ampara District in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka.[1] In the early days, all the land that was once a coastal land was ceded to the state and distributed to the landless in 1959. The village was named Vinayagapuram in 1962 as a settlement village.

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  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20191006000226/http://www.lgpc.gov.lk/web/images/wardmaps/ampara/20_Ampara_ThirukkovilPS.pdf Ward Map of Thirukkovil Pradeshiya Sabha - Ampara District